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Human Rights for LGBT in the Caribbean - Caribbean IRN Update December 2014

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Happy New Year to everyone

Please do not forget our  Call for Submissions, Convocatoria, Appel à publications :Special Collection by the Caribbean IRN & Sargasso


Human Rights Day in 2014 had different commemorations and associations in the Caribbean. In Jamaica, Father Sean Major-Cambpell encouraged a transgender citizen to address his congregation and he chose to wash the feet of a lesbian as part of the lesson in acceptance.

The Jamaica Gleaner publishes an editorial "Act of humanity by Father Major-Campbell"

In Barbados, Alexa Hoffman's story is reported in the Barbados Today .


Picture from http://www.barbadostoday.bb/2014/12/13/transgender-alexa-bares-all/
In Barbados, Barbados-GLAD launches its Voices Project, sharing stories of LGBT Barabdian citizens. ( http://youtu.be/qR92dhA_KfM )




In Trinidad & Tobago, IGDS held an event "Evolving Gender and Feminist Conversations:

Cyber Activism, Social Networking and LGBT Organizing." which Dr Angelique Nixon talks about here.



Dr Angelique Nixon - IGDS UWI from globewriter on Vimeo.

SASOD in Guyana presented its shadow report to the pre-session on Guyana's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.

CARIFLAGS writes to the  Prime Minister of Barbados  to clarify his Government's position on the protection of LGBT Barbadians after the homophobic positions taken by the Minister of Environment & Drainage around the Domestic Violence Act.

Maurice Tomlinson's case against the TV stations will come up in the Jamaican Court of Appeal in 2015.

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